From 90fe9eb1c3dda7109d0e2aa6ee62ecabe8d81ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza-Ayed <hamzaayedflutter@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 19:54:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update: 2026-05-14 19:54:11

---
 backend/config/db.php | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/config/db.php b/backend/config/db.php
index 3bfbc9a..2901cff 100644
--- a/backend/config/db.php
+++ b/backend/config/db.php
@@ -1,13 +1,43 @@
 <?php
 // backend/config/db.php
 
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 use Dotenv\Dotenv;
 
-// Load environment variables from .env (located one level above the project root)
-$dotenv = Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__ . '/../../../..');
-$dotenv->load();
+// Try to load .env from multiple possible locations
+$envLoaded = false;
+$searchPaths = [
+    __DIR__ . '/../..',                          // jordan_bot/
+    __DIR__ . '/../../..',                        // lawer.tripz-egypt.com/
+    __DIR__ . '/../../../..',                     // htdocs/
+    __DIR__ . '/../../../../..',                  // home directory
+    posix_getpwuid(posix_getuid())['dir'] ?? '',  // PHP-detected home dir
+];
+
+foreach ($searchPaths as $path) {
+    if (!empty($path) && file_exists($path . '/.env')) {
+        try {
+            $dotenv = Dotenv::createImmutable($path);
+            $dotenv->load();
+            $envLoaded = true;
+            break;
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            // Try next path
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (!$envLoaded) {
+    http_response_code(500);
+    echo json_encode([
+        'success' => false,
+        'message' => '.env file not found. Searched paths: ' . implode(', ', array_filter($searchPaths))
+    ]);
+    exit;
+}
 
 $host = $_ENV['DB_HOST'] ?? 'localhost';
 $dbname = $_ENV['DB_NAME'] ?? 'jordan_bot_db';
@@ -19,7 +49,6 @@ try {
     $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
     $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 } catch (PDOException $e) {
-    // In production, you should log this error and show a generic message
     http_response_code(500);
     echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage()]);
     exit;